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Just create new file called
LICENSEin the root directory and and paste the license text into it.What are the differences between github's GPLv2 and the only version? Basically, where can I find the text I need to paste into LICENSE?
There is no difference. You need to add copyright banners to your program (source code headers, output of
--version, etc.). There, you specify which GPL versions apply. If you don’t specify a version number, it’s not only v2 or later, but any GPL version ever published by the FSF. See Sec. 9 of the GPLv2:So just so I clear this up in my head. Do you mean if my user types myprog --version for example, the licensing information should appear there? What about non-programs, such as dotfiles (what I am trying to do) or CSS (themes for lemmy I recently got into doing)?
Or do you mean at the top of each file in my repository there should be some licensing information?
Thanks again for your patience
There is no legal requirement that your program output what license it is under as a part of any particular command, or that each file contains a license header. Providing the license once at the top level and indicating that the entire repository is under that license is sufficient to put all of the code under the license of your choosing. Anything more is simply to make it more obvious when looking at a particular piece in isolation.